| Description |
xi, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Working with the tensions between critique and action in critical health psychology / Sally Johnson -- Critical health psychology and the scholar-activist tradition / Michael Murray -- Changing behaviour : can critical psychology influence policy and practice? / Wendy Stainton Rogers -- Social class, socioeconomic status, and 'health-risk' behaviours : a critical analysis / Katy Day -- Men's health : thinking about gender mainstreaming and gender sensitive services / Christine Horrocks -- Working without sacrifice : discourse, femininity, and occupational risk / Bridgette Rickett -- The emancipatory potential of critical approaches to promoting sexual health : exploring the possibilities for action / Kate Milnes -- Taking the lead : authority and power in the National Health Service / Paula Nicolson ... [et al.] -- Re-visiting Pandora's box : primary healthcare 'directive' and 'participatory' practices with women experiencing domestic violence / Victoria Lavis and Christine Horrocks -- Feminist health psychology and abortion : towards a politics of transversal relations of commonality / Catriona MacLeod -- Discursive psychology and its potential to make a difference / Bregje de Kok -- 'I forget my problems, the problems are in the soil' : encountering nature in allotment gardening / Nigel King -- Being creative around health : participative methodologies in critical community psychology / Rebecca Lawthom ... [et al.] |
| Summary |
Building on the strengths of critical health psychology, this edited volume for undergraduate and postgraduate students offers cutting edge coverage of current thinking in the field. With a focus on contemporary issues, academics and practitioners consider how the movement can continue to contribute to social and political change |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Clinical health psychology.
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Health attitudes.
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Health behavior.
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Behavioral Medicine -- methods.
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Attitude to Health.
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Disease -- psychology.
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Psychology, Medical.
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| Author |
Horrocks, Christine.
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Johnson, Sally, Dr.
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| LC no. |
2012023026 |
| ISBN |
0230275389 |
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9780230275386 |
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